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Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is an astroturf front group started by oil billionaire David Koch and Richard Fink (a member of the board of directors of Koch Industries) in 2003. AFP works together with the Koch family's other conservative foundations promoting right wing and libertarian causes.
A section 501(c)(4) organization, AFP and the Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation), a section 501(c)(3) organization, are "committed to educating citizens about economic policy and a return of the federal government to its Constitutional limits."
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AFP funding went from $7 million in 2008 to $16.3 million in 2009 to a $40 million in 2010 to $50 million in 2011.
Americans for Prosperity has reported spending a total of $1,322,058 on independent campaigning through October 2010, with 96% benefiting Republican candidates.
Americans for Prosperity and its sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, have 31 state chapters that are active players in organizing Tea Party demonstrations, training activists, and bussing in speakers and participants.
AFP orchestrated the anti-Obama, anti-tax tea party protests beginning in April of 2009. AFP continues to organize tea party rallies currently, bussing speakers and participants all over the country.
According to Jane Mayer in The New Yorker, Americans for Prosperity and its foundation plan to spend $45 million on "some fifty House races and half a dozen Senate races, staging rallies, organizing door-to-door canvassing, and running ads aimed at "educating voters about where candidates stand."
AFP was involved in the attacks on Obama's "green jobs" czar, Van Jones, and has crusaded against international climate talks.
AFP has enthusiastically promoted global warming denial and attacked environmental regulation with a series of national PR campaigns. AFP's "Hot Air Tour," a national tour that calls predictions of global warming "hysteria," labels cap and trade legislation a "climate tax," and features a hot air balloon, is one such stunt.
AFP also runs the website No Climate Tax, which exhorts citizens to send a message to federal and state lawmakers urging them to sign the No Climate Tax Pledge.
In the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, AFP has positioned itself as a conduit for corporate money entering political campaigns. Americans for Prosperity spent $6 million in ads attacking democratic incumbents in the 2010 elections.
AFP director Art Pope is an ex-legislator in North Carolina who has been dubbed "The Knight of the Right" by Raleigh News and Observer journalist Rob Christensen. Pope has spent $24.1 million (1997-2008) on organizations that deny climate change science including Americans for Prosperity, which has received over one millions dollars from Pope's family foundation. In addition to money from Art Pope's John William Pope foundation, AFP also received money from the Lynde and Harry Bradley foundation, of which Art Pope is a board member.
Americans for Prosperity Vice President Alan Cobb was the "director of Kansas Public Affairs for Koch Industries," and is the lead policy maker at led two pro-corporate front groups: The Free Enterprise Fund and The Internet Freedom Coalition.
AFP advocates pro-tobacco industry positions on issues like cigarette taxes and clean indoor air laws.
AFP's highest paid independent contractor in 2009 was FLS Connect, one of the largest GOP pollsters and fundraisers. FLS Connect is a side project of the right wing PR firm DCI Group, which specializes in creating astroturf support for corporate interests and is responsible for organizing climate denial front groups such as Tech Central Station. FLS Connect received well over $100,000 in fees from AFP in 2009. FLS Connect and the DCI Group are "sister companies" says Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party chairman Brian Melendez. FLS Connect was originally incorporated in 1999 as Feather, Hodges, Larson & Synhorst, according to filings with the Arizona Corporation Commission. In 2001 the firm's name was changed to FLS-DCI. Then in 2006 the company's moniker was switched to FLS Connect. Synhorst is a founder and current chairman of the DCI Group, while Feather worked as a lobbyist for the firm from 2001 to 2006. "It's basically the same group of people who have established and run both organizations" says Menendez.
In conjunction with political donations from Koch Industries to Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Americans for Prosperity has coordinated support for the Governor's union busting efforts. Wisconsin's budget crisis has been inflamed by corporate tax cuts initiated by Gov. Walker, who then used the lack of income to justify taking bargaining rights from Wisconsin union workers and cutting the salaries and benefits of state employees. Koch Industries holds numerous business operations in Wisconsin.
In March, 2011, Americans for Prosperity sent memos to U.S. senators to support an attack on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's lawful regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. An amendment introduced by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to a small business bill, based on anti-climate legislation authored by Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), was introduced as a partisan tactic with low likelihood for success, although other amendments on the table would also threaten the EPA's ability to curb the consequences of climate change. AFP's effort was complimented by advertisements run by the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.


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Dpup Wheezy 22.214.171.124 has been uploaded
Downloaded. Testing as soon as I feel better.
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James C. I believe it helps you to feel better, when you have something to test
Backi. I think I know what happened to you. You seem to lose /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu symlink and it changes to the real directory when you use PPM.
The fix which should prevent it, is already in dpup wheezy, through woof.
To fix your problem, do this in console, when it happens:
rm -rf /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
ln -s ./ /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
and restart X and use pwallpaper to get wallpaper back.
Why PPM usage gets the symlink missing, is something which should not happen anymore. I wonder is it something you download, something spesific to your installation, or something which has been overlooked.
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The flu still has me down but....... manual frugal install of latest Wheezy on the Athlon XP box. Everything working on initial boot. No problems noticed yet.
# report-video
Report Video 1.3 - Sun 3 Feb 2013 on Dpup Wheezy 126.96.36.199 - Linux 3.5.2-dpup i686
Chip description:
0.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] (rev c1)
oem: NVidia
product: NV18 () Board Chip Rev A2
X Server: Xorg Driver used: nouveau
X.Org version: 1.12.4
dimensions: 1440x900 pixels (380x238 millimeters)
depth of root window: 24 planes
...the above also recorded in /tmp/root/ as report-video,
and archived with xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log as report-video-full.gz
More a bit later.
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I can't see any x264.h header in the devx. I can install the -dev package from Debian easily enough though. The x264 libs are installed but the .so lib icon looks like a static lib icon which is strange.
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Hi pemasu !
Regarding problem with Packetmanager-Downloads ...had to start with new Savefile .....installed Servicepack 5.4.2 from Precise Puppy now everything is working fine .
Cheers !
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Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2013, 11:45
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backi. Yeah...that is a solution. I just would like to know what made the difference...because all the fixes through woof should have been present. I need to investigate the symlink problem more.
OscarTalks. That is a bug in my DISTRO_SPECS !
....heh....should be: yes|x264|libx264-123,libx264-dev|exe,dev
The dev files were not included due that wrong point, should have been comma, between dev and doc, heh. Fixed now. You can just download libx264-dev_0.123.2189+git35cf912-1_i386.deb, from main wheezy repo with PPM.
Will be fixed. Thanks.
About the libx264-123 strange look with Rox. Looks strange yeah in folder. Does it work. Hmmm....lets test. First I removed all libx264 files.
ffmpeg -i /mnt/sda5/Leffat/test.avi -an -pass 1 -vcodec libx264 -b:a BIT_RATE -threads 0 OUTPUT.mp4
ffmpeg: error while loading shared libraries: libx264.so.123: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Then I downloaded libx264-123, the strange looking.
ffmpeg -i /mnt/sda5/Leffat/test.avi -an -pass 1 -vcodec libx264 -b:a BIT_RATE -threads 0 OUTPUT.mp4
Input #0, avi, from '/mnt/sda5/Leffat/test.avi':
encoder : VirtualDubMod 18.104.22.168 (build 2178/release)
Duration: 01:33:47.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1043 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: mpeg4 (XVID / 0x44495658), yuv420p, 544x224 [SAR 1:1 DAR 17:7], 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Stream #0:1: Audio: mp3 (U[0][0][0] / 0x0055), 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 192 kb/s
using SAR=1/1
[libx264 @ 0x8098b60] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 FastShuffle SSE4.2
[libx264 @ 0x8098b60] profile Main, level 2.1
[libx264 @ 0x8098b60] 264 - core 123 r2189 35cf912 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2012 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=1 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x1:0 me=dia subme=2 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=0 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=0 8x8dct=0 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=0 threads=6 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1 b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'OUTPUT.mp4':
encoder : Lavf54.25.104
Stream #0:0: Video: h264 ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 544x224 [SAR 1:1 DAR 17:7], q=-1--1, pass 1, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (mpeg4 -> libx264)
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 250 fps=0.0 q=28.0 size= 158kB time=00:00:07.92 bitrate= 162.9kbits/frame= 660 fps=660 q=28.0 size= 312kB time=00:00:24.32 bitrate= 105.1kbits/frame= 977 fps=650 q=28.0 size= 475kB time=00:00:37.00 bitrate= 105.1kbits/frame= 1223 fps=611 q=28.0 size= 775kB time=00:00:46.84 bitrate= 135.6kbits/frame= 1446 fps=565 q=-1.0 Lsize= 1263kB time=00:00:57.76 bitrate= 179.1kbits/s dup=1 drop=0
Yes....that strange looking libx264-123 works. The output video plays in mplayer just fine.
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Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2013, 13:51
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Anikin. Install libgli1-mesa-dri even though PPM tells it has been installed.
Hi pemasu,
you alraedy helped me out solve this one in exprimo some time ago. So I know how to fix it. Just thought, since this is a forward-looking project, the issue deserved your attention. BTW, some other latest puppies don't have this annoyance, so why should wheezy.
Anyway, here's another minor one: on the first-run applet, I check firewall, set it up, but it never shows up in the tray afterwards.
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Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2013, 14:24
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Hi Pemasu,
I have managed to make a .pet of Linphone 3.5.2 for Dpup Wheezy which is only 1.5M but the forum is not allowing me to upload it at the moment. I have included the x264 codec plugin and that is working so as you say the shared x264 lib is working OK despite the strange icon.
What is the situation with ffmpeg? There appear to be 2 different Wheezy versions available in PPM. Is the one in Dpup Wheezy compiled by you from source? Can I install the older version or will this stop apps like mplayer from working properly?
The newer ffmpeg causes the compiling of Linphone to fail. CatDude discovered a patch for the Linphone source which allows the compile to complete but then some of the video codecs are missing from Linphone, but it does still work with the ones that remain.
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Anikin. It is not really a bug...just the preference of size. I dont need dri driver for my comp usage at all. So...those who need it, can download the mesa-dri package and copy the needed driver from there. I havent included the tray app for firewall.
Okay...I can include the mesa-dri also not big difference for me. If this puplet goes on...I consider it. Lets have a vote, lol.
But....this is now more or less still in experimental stage....whether this puplet has future or not.
I try to get feedback...if broadcom, realtek, ralink wireless work or not...if they need the firmware to be loaded for initialization. I havent so far got any feedback from those wireless users.
OscarTalks. Yeah...ffmpeg is my own compile...august-2012. I wanted to reduce the library dependencies. As you know....debian and ubuntu throw everything in for ffmpeg and mplayer. I wanted to be libpulse free...for instance.
You can replace the ffmpeg with your choice, but there is several libs you need to replace also...like all av*.libs and the other libs listed when you launch ffmpeg. I am not sure about mplayer. I have compiled mplayer to use external ffmpeg...so the change with version might make mplayer complaining. I havent tested it ever. You can try with experimenting and report.
I remember reading that this forum has now big attachment reduction for allowed size. The forum is in somekind maintenance mode atm. I think you should ask from smokey01 account to his puppy server. You have compiled a lot useful Puppy apps. I think your work should be passport for account. I recommend you for instance.
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Post subject: Wifi
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I try to get feedback...if broadcom, realtek, ralink wireless work or not...if they need the firmware to be loaded for initialization. I havent so far got any feedback from those wireless users.
I am using Linksys AE1000 usb plugin for my wifi. The router is the DSL modem itself (Verzion).
Now the thing is (as I explained a bit earlier in this thread) I could NOT get wifi to connect either through the 'Setup-Icon' or the 'Connect-icon' from the desktop. Wifi DID connect when I r/clicked on the TRAY Internet Icon and selected 'Setup Networking' I did NOT have to install any firmware modules only type in the requested WEP code...
The funny thing is... when I do a hardinfo report on my system and check the USB devices... it shows that I don't have any USB devices...NOTHING!
The real funny thing is... this was the easiest wifi I ever setup without doing nothing except giving my WEP code. And to have everything work just great... even on reboots... not a problem one!
You mention you are not sure if this will become a regular release or not... could maybe you explain a bit more please... before a lot of people put a lot of work here for nothing!
anyway, heres my pmodemdiag...
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# modinfo rt2800usb
filename: /lib/modules/3.5.2-dpup/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.ko
firmware: rt2870.bin
It looks like firmware has been used. I didnt see any firmware loading message in kernel messages though. And if you used rt2800usb with previous version, in it the firmware loading didnt work, so....
Thanks sszindian. It was the first pmodemdiag I got so far. I appreciate it.
About this experimental build and the future development. Well....all depends on how things go. First I need more confirmation that firmware loading works. Then that the build is usable. Also it depends on how much time I can use for dpup wheezy. So...everything depends on many things. Lol.
I have already found several things which need fixing and has been fixed in woof level already. Like dconf framework so that gnome-mplayer remembers settings.
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Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2013, 19:31
Post subject: Wheezy
'Thanks for the come-back pemasu!'
I understand your issues and will continue with Wheezy as long as you feel it's worth it... personally... I really do believe it is, as I've mentioned, I try a lot of various Puppy builds and after trying the first Wheezy I was very impresses and still am... there is NO Puppy (as nice as some are) that performs like this one does!
Yes, I would say the firmware is loading as necessary (at least for my config., and in the past this has been a real headache setting the wifi up.)
A few minor issues I've found thus far:
1. pupRadio/pupTelly streaming media- When you go to the NASA channel, it keep bouncing back and forth between the video and the pupTelly main menu - about every 5 to 10 seconds.
2. pwidgets 2.4.1- after doing an Internet session, the 'clock' disappears from the desktop. A reload of pwidgets corrects this but it keeps happening.
'Keep on it baby... you're doing just fine!
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Posted: Mon 04 Feb 2013, 21:04
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Hi Pemasu,
Yes, when I talk about ffmpeg really the most important thing is the libav*.so shared libs which are produced as part of the whole package if you compile ffmpeg from source. Debian seems to split these things up and talk about each lib as a separate "package".
Anyway I just did a quick pfix=ram test, played a downloaded video in Gnome-mplayer and all OK as expected but then if I install fmpeg (which also brings in the libav*.so libs etc) from PPM then Gnome-mplayer stops working. My Linphone stops too. Console reports problems with those libs.
The official package seems to be something like version 0.8.5 and so there may be a problem that any apps compiled against your newer ffmpeg will stop working if anyone installs anything from the Debian repos in PPM which brings in those older libs as dependencies. Since quite a lot of apps do depend on ffmpeg I wonder if this is a potential problem or am I mistaken here?
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I did download ffmpeg-1.0.1 from multimedia repo and mplayer - gnome-mplayer played video.
Of course there is problems when there is 2 different ffmpeg versions available and third home brewed installed. But...I have had this kind arrangement in dpup exprimos all the time. And I have compiled ffmepg - mplayer - gnome-mplayer myself all the time. So this is not new thing.
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I have made the report-system version 2.9 compatible with Exprimo
and Wheezy.
The problem was incompatibility with command
lsusb -v
which works in most distros by Barry Kauler.
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Israel has weaned himself from nursing but still enjoys a bottle of dairy milk as a snack. On really special occasions I'll put a little bit of chocolate with it and the boy is good to go! The other morning I needed him to stay occupied while I got ready. This is how that happened.
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Like many publications that have recently joined the iPad revolution, The New Yorker has now released their own app. For long time readers, this should come as a much welcomed addition to the App Store. In case you're not familiar with the popular weekly magazine, here's a description from iTunes:
The New Yorker offers a signature mix of reporting and commentary on politics, international affairs, and the arts, along with fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons. Founded in 1925, The New Yorker has received more National Magazine Awards than any other magazine.
The app is free to download, though initially, you'll only have access to the Table of Contents. Each weekly subscription will then cost you $4.99 and can be purchased from within the app. Oh, and Jason Schwartzman also stars in the promo for its launch. It's an absolute hoot and definitely worth watching. Video right after the gap…
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WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - A congressional study released on Thursday found serious shortcomings in the way the U.S. Federal Communications Commission handles complaints from consumers.
A study by the Government Accountability Office concluded that about 83 percent of the complaint investigations conducted by the FCC between 2003 and 2006 were closed without any enforcement action taken by the agency, and that it was impossible to determine why because the FCC did not collect enough data to follow up.
"Without an effective FCC enforcement program, consumers are left out in the cold," Edward Markey, chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet, said after the report was issued.
The FCC is responsible for looking into complaints about phone carriers, as well as alleged violations of do-not-call restrictions by telemarketers, and alleged violation of indecency rules by broadcasters.
According to the GAO, the FCC's enforcement bureau took enforcement action in 3,400 cases, or about 9 percent of the time. In another 32,200 cases, it said, the agency closed cases without taking action. In the remaining 3,200 cases, the GAO said, it was "not able to determine whether enforcement actions had been taken."
"Without key management tools, FCC may have difficulty fully assuring Congress and other stakeholders that it is meeting its enforcement mission of protecting the consumer, ensuring public safety, and encouraging competition," the GAO said..
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin responded to the GAO findings by saying, "I appreciate the GAO's examination of the FCC's enforcement efforts and welcome its recommendations."
However, the FCC disputed many of the GAO's conclusions. It said 71 percent of its investigations were closed after the agency determined there was no violation, while another 11 percent were closed because not enough information was provided by the people who filed those complaints.
The agency said it had already undertaken improvements to its complaint system that were suggested by the GAO. Martin said the agency has been responding to all consumer complaints since he became chairman in March 2005.
In its response, the FCC said the study contained a series of "incorrect statements" and was based on out-of-date information.
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Ohio: Key United States pairing Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley returned to winning ways at the Presidents Cup on Friday with a 4&3 win over Internationals Jason Day and Graham DeLaet.
The American pair won all three of their matches at last year`s Ryder Cup but began at Muirfield Village with a defeat to South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel in Thursday`s fourball that stung.
"After losing yesterday`s match, our first match we`ve lost together, we were both pretty devastated. It felt horrible," said Bradley.
"So we were ready to go out and win this match today and we played really well."
A two-and-a-half hour rain delay in play meant that only two matches finished on Friday but the crowd were treated to some outstanding golf from Mickelson and Bradley.
Australian Day and Canadian DeLaet won the first hole with a birdie and they held the lead until the par-5 fifth when Bradley turned on the style.
Taking a hybrid, Bradley magnificently drove 273 yards over water to the green and Mickelson coolly holed the eagle putt from 15 feet to bring the match to all-square.
It was the turning point in the contest as the Americans won four straight holes to take total control.
"I just think that when Phil and I get rolling in this alternate-shot, we complement each other so well.
"We both really enjoy kind of showing off in front of each other. And it`s fun to hit a 270-yard hybrid to eight feet. It`s fun, whenever Phil is off the green, I half expect him to chip it in every time, he seems to come close," said Bradley.
The pair made six birdies and an eagle and the only signs of vulnerability came towards the end as Bradley missed a short putt on the 13th and then on the next hole produced a wild drive.
But by then the match was all but won thanks to the scintillating front nine.
"It reminded me of The Ryder Cup last year, just kind of getting excited and hitting a lot of great shots and feeding off each other and never allowing them to get a hole," said Bradley.
"If they were to beat us, they were going to have to make birdie or better, and we are very difficult to beat when we do that," he said.


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Ads for prescription drugs that made the leap to over-the-counter (OTC) status were far less likely to warn about potential risks, researchers found.
As prescription medications, 70% of ads for four drugs presented the potential harms compared with only 11% of ads for the same four drugs after they became available without a script, Jeremy Greene, MD, PhD, of Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, and colleagues reported in a research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"Pharmaceuticals do not lose their capacity for harm after moving from behind the pharmacist's counter to in front of it," they wrote. "Closer attention should be paid to how such drugs are promoted to consumers."
When prescription drugs get over-the-counter status, oversight of drug ads moves from the FDA to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). While the FDA requires that ads contain a "fair balance" of risks and benefits, the FTC asks only for a "reasonable consumer" standard of truthfulness that doesn't require balancing harms and benefits, the researchers said.
To assess whether the shift to over-the-counter status brings changes in advertising, Greene and colleagues looked at all print and broadcast ads from four commonly used drugs that made the change: loratadine (Claritin), omeprazole (Prilosec), orlistat (Alli), and cetirizine (Zyrtec).
The researchers obtained TV and print ads that ran 24 months before and 6 months after the OTC shift.
They found that after going OTC, 97% of ads described drug benefits compared with 83% of ads when the drugs were prescription-only (Prevalence Ratio 1.17, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.32, P=0.01).
They noted that the difference wasn't significant for individual drugs, though.
Even more dramatic was the reduction in mention of potential harms -- 70% of the ads for the prescription drugs mentioned risks; only 11% of OTC versions mentioned those risks (PR 0.17, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.35, P<0.001).
With the exception of print ads for orlistat, the researchers added, no OTC ads mentioned contraindications or adverse effects.
The OTC drugs were also less likely to mention their generic names, which are "key tools for consumers seeking independent information on risks, benefits, and costs," they wrote (PR 0.55, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.70, P<0.001).
Greene and colleagues warned that these four products may not be representative of all prescription or over-the-counter drugs, and noted that their study also omitted online and radio ads.
They also cautioned that the FDA's direct-to-consumer advertising regulations "do not necessarily result in balanced presentations of risks and benefits, and these guidelines are known to be inconsistently enforced."
Still, they concluded that their findings show changes in advertising with over-the-counter status mean patients get "even less information for making an informed decision, at a time when [they] must have more knowledge of whether their medications' potential benefits are worth their risks and costs."
The study was supported by a grant from CVS Caremark.
The researchers reported relationships with CVS Caremark, Aetna, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, Teva, and Lilly.
A co-author reported serving as an expert witness on behalf of a class of individual plaintiffs against AstraZeneca alleging improper promotion of esomeprazole (Nexium).
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Source Reference: Greene JA, et al "Changes in direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising following shifts from prescription-only to over-the-counter status" JAMA 2012; 308(10): 973-975.


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The aim of this method is to increase the skills and abilities of the couple to go through the perinatal period and more precisely to reduce the need for medical intervention by effectively managing the pain and stress experienced by the couple, encouraging the father to take part during pregnancy and childbirth.
It involves reducing pain by using both acupressure – like acupuncture but without any needles – massages and relaxation.
The participation of the father is compulsory and active; he accompanies the mother-to-be so that he knows how to help her and so that he does not feel neglected.
During labour, this pressure serves to improve the efficacy of the contractions and the father-to-be will learn how to massage his wife, especially in the lumbar region, to ease tension in the back after each contraction.
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My fair city, the town originally named Cow Ford, is the smallest (well, population-wise, at least) metropolitan area ever to host a Super Bowl. Not only that, Jacksonville is a city with ahow shall I put this? Despite the best efforts of the City Council, Jacksonville is a rednecky town, and gol'dang proud of it. For this, we will be excoriated in the national press. I'm sure there are those out there (can you hear me, Tony Kornheiser?) who are itching to see this thing crash and burn so they can make pickup truck and watermelon jokes.
Regardless, there is a good time to be had here, even for you prissy sophisticates. We're almost afraid all of y'all Yankees will find out how good we have it, regardless of how many Superfund sites we have within the city limits. But remember, my carpet-bagging northeastern guests: regardless of whether you hear Jaxons disparaging their city in a good natured manner, you'd be well advised to not join in, except to tell us how much fun you're havingunlike Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, Florida will let almost anyone carry a gun.
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by Terry Harrell, J.D., MSW, LCSW, Executive Director, JLAP, Introduction by Susan Eisenhauser, J.D., Former Executive Director, JLAP
Volume 23, No. 4. Indiana Trial Lawyers Association quarterly journal, The Verdict. Reprinted with permission.
"I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top."
- John Keats
IntroductionSusan B. Eisenhauer, J.D.
Former Executive Director, JLAP
When Terry and I attended the 14th Annual Commission on Lawyer Assistance Program's (CoLAP) Annual Workshop in Albuquerque this fall, depression seemed to be one topic uppermost in everyone's mind. A gathering of LAP staff and volunteers from around the country, the Workshop is the place we see what others are up to, spot trends and gauge how Indiana is doing in providing assistance to our impaired colleagues. It became clear that the increasing depression caseload we are seeing here in Indiana is much the same experience as that of other LAPS around the country who provide "broad brush" programs (and many states with "substance abuse only" programs are quickly seeing the need to expand). While confirming what many believe - that depression is at least as prevalent in our profession as addiction - we hope it also shows that we are finally reaching people with our message that help exists. Kathy Cronkite, who has publicly acknowledged her own depression, and that of many other well known individuals, in her book, On The Edge of Darkness: Conversations About Conquering Depression, poignantly refers to "that illuminating moment when you realize you are not alone". This opportunity to talk to you is a part of our reaching out process.
Below, JLAP Clinical Director Terry Harrell gives you a primer on depression. We will undoubtedly cover the topic again in future articles. If you are interested, we can refer you to many wonderful resources, please feel free to call us. In addition to Kathy Cronkite's book, William Styron does a truly superb job of defining his depression in his book Darkness Visible. Finally, the single most often expressed reason LAPs have expanded into the mental health arena is the incidence of suicide among our colleagues. As Terry reiterates below, at JLAP we hope our work will lead to the elimination of suicide as the option chosen by our colleagues. If you or someone you know is suffering from depression, please call us. And know that you are most assuredly not alone.
Depression and the Legal ProfessionTerry Harrell, J.D., MSW, LCSW
Executive Director, JLAP
In an early 1990s Johns Hopkins University study comparing rates of depression among twenty-eight occupations it was found that lawyers had the highest rates of depression and that lawyers were 3.6 times above the average rate of depression for the occupations compared. A study of 801 lawyers in the state of Washington found that 19% of the lawyers surveyed suffered from depression. A survey of 2,570 lawyers in North Carolina revealed that 25% reported clinical symptoms of depression such as loss of appetite, lethargy, suicidal thoughts, or insomnia at least three times a month during the past year. There is no reason to think that lawyers in Washington or North Carolina are significantly different from lawyers in Indiana. In addition, most lawyers who have been in the practice for any length of time can name lawyers they knew or knew of who committed suicide. Our lofty goal in helping educate you about depression is to lower the incidence of untreated depression and to reduce or eliminate the incidence of suicide in our colleagues. By raising awareness we hope attorneys will seek support and treatment and/or encourage their peers to do so. Eventually, we hope to work on prevention strategies so that fewer attorneys have to experience depression at all.
DEPRESSION (di-pres/en) - a lowering of vital energy (Webster's Dictionary)
Depression is a broad term used to refer to a range of different diseases recognized by the medical field. We also use the term to refer to temporary and minor negative feelings (i.e. I'm depressed because the Pacers lost last night or the post-holiday blues.) Depressive illnesses include major depression, the bipolar disorders, dysthymia, cyclothymia, and variations of these based on timing of the onset (i.e. seasonal or post partum), duration of symptoms, or severity of symptoms. These illnesses impact over 19 million adults in America each year. Depression is frequently seen as a complicating factor in heart attack, stroke, diabetes and cancer patients. In fact, depression increases one's risk of having a heart attack. Almost anyone who kills him or herself suffers from a mental disorder, most often a form of depression or substance abuse or both.
The key factor in diagnosing most of these illnesses is the presence of a major depressive episode. To be diagnosed with a major depressive episode your symptoms must last at least two weeks. The symptoms must also appear to be a change from previous functioning. There are people who resemble Winnie the Pooh's Eyre their whole life but are not depressed. The symptoms of a major depressive disorder include:
- Depressed mood.
- Diminished interest or pleasure in most activities.
- Significant weight loss or gain without effort or loss of appetite.
- Difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much.
- Psychomotor agitation or retardation.
- Fatigue.
- Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt.
- Diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness.
- Recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal ideation, or a suicide attempt or plan.
Thankfully, most people do not experience all of the symptoms. To be diagnosed with a major depressive episode one must experience at least five of the above symptoms and one of the five must be either depressed mood or diminished interest or pleasure in most activities. For one gentleman I know a significant symptom was the fact that he no longer cared whether he watched IU basketball games after being a devoted fan for twenty plus years. If one meets several of these symptoms, but less than five, there are milder depressive disorders that can still be diagnosed. It is important to remember that each person will experience a different set of symptoms with their depression and that the symptoms will look different with different people. No two people will experience depression in exactly the same manner. There are, however, some common themes that do repeat themselves, particularly in lawyers.
In lawyers the most common symptoms are closely related to the work we are trying to do. Reduced ability to concentrate is one of the most bothersome symptoms for attorneys. They may have had trouble sleeping and a poor appetite for some time but attorneys often seek treatment when they realize that their ability to concentrate and get their work done is compromised. When you add together reduced ability to concentrate with fatigue and loss of interest in most all activities it is highly likely that the attorney's work is going to suffer at least in quantity if not in quality. In addition, attorneys in this condition often try to remedy the problem by working longer hours to keep up on the quantity of their work. In doing so they reduce contact with significant, supportive people in their life, reduce the amount of time they spend on exercise, hobbies, and other stress reducing activities, and cut back further on what is most likely already inadequate sleep. In their attempts to solve the problem they are doing the opposite of what they need and falling deeper into the hole of depression.
Many things can cause depression and most often there are multiple causes. Some of the many causes of depression include:
- Imbalance in brain chemicals
- Acute or chronic stress
- Genetics
- Substance abuse
- Physical illness
- Medications
- Personality
If you are experiencing only a few symptoms of depression you may be able to help yourself by spending more time with family and friends, talking to someone rusted about your feelings, exercising regularly, improving your sleep habits, and watching what you eat and drink. Sometimes these minor symptoms of depression are a warning sign that it is time to reevaluate your priorities and whether your daily life is consistent with those priorities. Talking to your family doctor is always a good idea. Your lethargy and excessive sleep might be due to your new antihistamine rather than depression. Your doctor can also help you evaluate whether you can cope with this yourself or need to seek professional help. Another "in between option" if you live in the Indianapolis area would be to attend JLAP's depression support group. There you could talk to other attorneys who have experienced depression and learn when or if they sought professional help, what worked, and what did not. For more information about the group or if you are interested in starting one in your area please call our office.
Assuming that you and your family doctor have ruled out other health problems and medication side effects and believe that you are depressed my recommendation is that you try therapy and medication. Both work. The literature is clear that either one alone can successfully treat depression. However, if you want to feel better sooner and stay in recovery longer, do both. The medications available today are NOT the psychiatric medications you heard about twenty years ago or even ten years ago. In the last ten years alone medical science has dramatically improved the medications available to treat depression and other mental disorders. On proper medication you will not feel sedated or cloudy headed. If you notice anything unusual, you need to report it to your doctor as an undesired side effect, not something to be tolerated. Medications generally work faster than therapy. Most people who are clinically depressed want to get feeling better as soon as possible and medication can help with that. In addition, people who are extremely depressed often need to start medications before they are able to participate meaningfully in therapy.
Therapy helps the individual to sort out where their depression came from and whether the individual needs to make any lifestyle changes to fight the depression and prevent further episodes. For example, if one of the causes of your depression was a chronic or acute stress of some kind, you will need to eliminate the stress or learn some new skills for managing the stress, or the relief from the medication may be only partial and/or temporary. You may need to reevaluate your own expectations for yourself or others. You may need to address lifestyle issues such as sleep patterns, choice of relationships, use of substances including caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol, or eating habits. Part of therapy will be assisting you in deciding how long to stay on the medication. If you have a strong family history of depression you may decide that it is best to stay on the medication for some time. On the other hand, if you have no family history and your depression occurred during the year that your divorce was final, your mother died, and you lost your job, you might have more of an acute and situational depression and might not be on medication very long. Regardless, the skills you learn in therapy are what will help you to avoid future episodes of depression. This is critical because it is generally accepted in the psychiatric field that if you have one episode of depression there is a 50% chance that you will have a second episode. If you have a second episode of depression there is a 70% chance that you will have a third episode and if you have a third episode there is a 90% chance that you will have yet another episode. Clearly, it is worthwhile to do all you can to treat a first episode of depression to increase the chances that it will be your only experience with depression. Whether you think you are a little down after the holidays or know that you are clinically depressed we hope that you will let us be part of your solution to the problem.
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Sao Paulo are confident Denilson will not be returning to Arsenal
Sao Paulo are optimistic regarding their chances of turning Denilson's loan move from Arsenal into a permanent stay.
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The Brazil international returned to his homeland in 2011 after five years in England.
During that time he became a first-team regular at the Emirates, making over 150 senior appearances.
He did, however, express a desire to return to the club that helped to mould his career when Sao Paulo came calling, and they have been able to strike two loan agreements with Arsenal.
They are now looking to bring Denilson on board full-time and there would appear to be a willingness on all sides to get a deal done.
"I believe we'll reach an agreement with Arsenal," Sao Paulo vice-president Joao Paulo de Jesus Lopes told UOL.
"We have heard from Denilson that he doesn't want to return to England, that he wants to stay here with us.
"I think our relations with Arsenal will help that to happen."
While keen on keeping Denilson in his homeland, Sao Paulo have moved to distance themselves from reports suggesting they want to bring Josue home from German outfit Wolfsburg.
Lopes added: "There is no negotiation going on and we first heard that he could be coming here from the press."


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I've told bits and pieces of this story in response to comments on various threads in various places. Having done so over and over, I feel the need to go ahead and put it all out there now so that everyone has one place to turn to for my perspective as state chair. I'm going to go over this first in timeline format, then share a few additional facts about WV and the ballot access situation for us and other parties. If something in the timeline is a bit confusing, see the facts section for clarification.
December 2007: Bill Redpath approaches then-chair Kirsten Milligan about assisting WV with national party funds for ballot access. I was secretary of the party at that time. Kirsten discussed it with the executive committee, and the concensus we reached was that since we did not have a gubernatorial candidate for 2008, national party funds would be better spent elsewhere, and that we would pursue ballot access in 2012 when we had a gubernatorial candidate so that we could achieve major party status and never have to petition again.
March 2008: Kirsten Milligan resigns, and I become interim chairman.
April 2008: Russ Verney contacts me about the possibility of the Barr campaign going for ballot access in WV if Barr wins the nomination. He seems enthusiastic, and I am as well. Mr. Verney comes across very well, and I'm genuinely looking forward to working with him on this together at that point.
May 2008: I'm elected chairman for a full term. Tad Britch is elected to replace me as secretary.
May 2008: Several Barr campaign folks speak to me about the possibility of ballot access in WV while I'm in Denver as a delegate, both before and after Barr receives the nomination. Shane Corey and Russ Verney are among them. I ask them to keep in touch moving forward, and state that I'd love to bring out whatever volunteers the state party has available, but that we have very little in the way of funds, and not enough to really pay for petitioners. I state that we would like some training for our volunteers who primarily reside in the north-central area of WV. This is the last time I would be in contact with any Barr campaign staff, however. I mention to Paulie and others that I'd like to have them come petition and party with me in WV if the Barr campaign sends some funds to the state party for ballot access.
June 2008: Towards the very end of June, Jake Witmer contacts me, and says they are petitioning. I mention that I'd like to get some volunteers trained from the state party's volunteer base. Jake states that he is in Charleston (a few hours south of the north-central area, where we have very few activists and likely no volunteers.) Jake tells me Shane Corey is coming to the Charleston area, and that he'll be contacting me. I ask if any petitioners are active in northern WV. Jake doesn't know. Jake sends me some documents including petitions.
July 2008: I'm still in contact with Jake every once in a while. I offer to house petitioners in my home since Morgantown/Fairmont/Clarksburg/Bridgeport is a good area for petitioning. He says he has a friend who might take me up on it if his friend is brought in by the Barr campaign. That never occurs. I also mention that several other members of the state party would likely volunteer couch space or an air-bed. Later on, Jake gives me contact info for Shane who is apparently in Charleston. I am never able to get in contact with Shane, and he never attempts to contact me.
August 2008: The Barr campaign fails to meet its deadlines. Our state party volunteer base was never utilized. Barr also fails to register as a certified write-in candidate, so that write-in votes for Barr would be counted.
September 2008: A state party member calls me, asking about the Barr lawsuit. This is the first I'd heard of it.
Now for some facts. Ballot access is a 2% theshhold of prior-election voters in WV. To achieve major party status (which means you get free ballot access without petitioning) you must have a gubernatorial candidate who receives 1% of the popular vote. After the national convention, the only person who I was ever in contact with regarding the ballot access efforts was Jake Witmer. Jake was not equipped to really do what needed to be done, as a petitioner and not someone with any real authority. In the future, ballot access efforts will be undertaken by the LPWV. I firmly believe this will better serve the interests of LP candidates throughout the state as we move forward. The Constitution Party achieved ballot access by petition in 2008 for their presidential candidate, as did Ralph Nader as an independent. The Green Party affiliate, which is called the Mountain Party, had major party status and did not need to petition.
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This page last reviewed October 21, 2010
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless and odorless gas at room temperature. Carbon monoxide is readily absorbed through the lungs into the blood, causing insufficient oxygen to reach the heart, brain, and other tissues. The resultant harm can be critical for people with heart disease, chronic lung diseases, and anemia, as well as for unborn children, especially at high elevations where the air is less dense.
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- A table of summary statistics
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text: Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's profound reflection on true freedom and the role of people of faith in securing it, his Letter from Birmingham Jail. The influence of the letter, which has been published in dozens of MLK anthologies, continues to grow because it is not a mere historical artifact of our country's pursuit of racial justice. Rather, Dr. King's epistle is a tour de force on the proper relationship between God and government—and the relationship between people of faith and the governments they form. This is just one of the reasons it has such vast resonance today for Americans of many faiths who are fighting for justice. In particular, Dr. King's words are a manifesto for a growing, diverse religious freedom movement. This movement involves our fellow countrymen who are defending believers of all faiths against an onslaught of secularism that makes impossible, irresponsible demands. This hyper-aggressive secularism says to religious Americans: "Keep your religious views and practices and consciences out of public and out of sight." In response, I agree with my fellow Californian, Pastor Rick Warren, who recently proclaimed religious freedom to be the "civil rights issue of the next decade." Though I have had the honor of standing in Dr. King's pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church, I can't pretend to fill his shoes. However, I would like to suggest that secularist forces have systematically–if, perhaps, unintentionally–misinterpreted and misrepresented the legacy of Dr. King and the meaning of his letter. Americans of faith—and according to Gallup that includes 92 percent of us—thus must face unflinchingly the question of who are Dr. King's rightful heirs. Powerful critics argue that Americans should not tolerate public advocacy on "social issues" by my fellow Christians and by individuals and communities of faith according to our understanding of our sacred texts. In his letter, Dr. King wrote that he too was assailed by critics—including white Christian clergy—who claimed that a minister of the gospel had no legitimate business advocating on social issues. Other powerful voices argue that social changes that violate traditional and biblical values are inevitable and that those who oppose such changes will end up "on the wrong side of history" and thus should be swept aside. Dr. King, however, wrote to his critics from jail that such views grow "out of a tragic misconception of time," including the "strangely irrational notion" that time inevitably progresses toward good, never toward evil. The truth, he wrote, is that "time is neutral. It can be used either destructively or constructively." His letter from jail thus exhorts America's faithful not to stand idly by but to work tirelessly for every law that "squares with the moral law or the law of God." Much like Dr. King's many opponents and detractors in his own day, secularists today attempting to claim his legacy label any leader who appeals to God's law a religious fanatic. In their view, such religious voices should, at best, be deemed illegitimate and disregarded and, at worst, be censored by private lawsuits and government regulations. They would probably shake with indignation if they heard Dr. King describe himself in public as preaching the "gospel of freedom," following in the steps of the Apostle Paul and the Old Testament prophets and calling America not just to social justice but to true righteousness. Nowhere is Dr. King's legacy of faith-based freedom for all Americans more important to defend than in the struggle to fulfill America's promise of robust religious liberty for all people of all faiths. Not only are Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus—along with any American whose beliefs do not please the forces of secular orthodoxy—increasingly subjected to threats, ridicule, and other social hostility. Overreaching government officials and regulations are beginning to deprive Americans of the freedom to practice the dictates of their faith. Secularists increasingly demand that if the faithful want to be pharmacists, counselors, or attorneys—or if they just want to pursue the American dream by owning their own small businesses—they must participate in practices their beliefs prohibit and violate their religious consciences. Ironically, this deprivation of long-cherished rights is beginning just as millions of immigrants with widely varying religious beliefs are calling America home. These new Americans should be entitled to all of the same rights and freedoms that members of majority religions have enjoyed since America's founding. My keynote address at the National Religious Freedom Conference in Washington, D.C., followed remarks by one of Dr. King's heirs in the Black Protestant church—as well as leaders of the Sikh, Muslim, Jewish, Mormon, and Orthodox Christian faith communities. Each of us is firmly committed to our own faith tradition. But we are united in our firm, yet civil defense of religious freedom for all. We live in a world that needs diverse leaders—including diverse religious leaders—whose hearts burn with passion for justice, and who do not have to renounce their deepest beliefs and practices in order to pursue it. Such diversity and passion is the foundation of the religious freedom movement. In my view, no movement today better exemplifies Dr. King's commitment, expressed 50 years ago from a lonely Deep South jail cell, to inspiring leaders and members of all faith communities to achieve justice that squares with eternal law, eternal truths. Rev. Samuel ("Sammy") Rodriguez of California is the president and founder of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and serves on the board of advisors for theAmerican Religious Freedom Program. READ MORE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/wp/2013/06/13/martin-luther-king-and-the-eternal-truth-of-social-issues/


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So just to prove that I am with it: this is where you post a link when you have finished the challenge (unless you should choose to upgrade your level).
Here are some icons to display on your blog when you've achieved the levels.
Hello Dorte - what about some images people can put on their blog to boast about their achievement?
Kerrie: well, *scratching my head* I can´t say I have thought about that. Did you have any great ideas?
I'm thinking that at the rate some people are going, you might want to have some new Everest level. Not for the likes of me, mind you, but I suspect some people are going to be done by mid-March!
Seana: you are right, I am sure, but as long as they don´t expect me to do the same ... :D
They can always sign in under another name and take a second round.
Oh, that's a good idea.
Dorte, I've created some copiable images, but maybe we've got some creative people who could do better, and email them to me at kerrie.smith at esc.net.au
Kerrie, they are fine, but I am trying to find a beautiful map instead of that old globus. I am very busy right now, though, so if someone else can find a pretty (global) picture of some kind they are very welcome.
Dorte, please email me at email@example.com....I have an award for you at www.theblacksheepdances.com but I also have a Denmark related question! tHANKS,
Oops! Posted in the wrong place you can take me off this area. Sorry!
done Paz
Mr Linky pop up to say my name mustn't be more than 80 characters. I meant to type:
JoV (bibliojunkie) - medium level, surely that is not exceeded 80 char? :)
anyway, here's my wrap-up:
all fixed JoV
Sorry, I haven't finished yet. I have one more book. I'll come back when I've posted my wrap up. Sorry again.
Don´t worry, Sherrie. I have removed the link. Enjoy your last book :D
My last book for this challenge is posted along with my wrap up. Have a great day!
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Well done Sherrie
Congratulations, Sherrie, and the rest of you who have finished!
I just realized that this is where I should leave my wrap-up. Thanks for setting this up. I think I'll move on to the level beyond Expert.
I'm joining late so I'll just do the elementary challenge.
Congrats to all the others who've completed various levels. I've been on hiatus in terms of global reading - instead reading a lot of US/UK/NZ authors for various newspaper reviews and interview-based feature articles etc I've had to do. Has been fun though, so can't complain (have interviewed Michael Connelly, Michael Robotham, Val McDermid, Peter James, Peter Robinson, PD James, James Lee Burke, Simon Kernick, and a few Kiwi authors in the past few weeks).
Now it's time to get back on the GRC horse - technically I only have my third South American and my third African novel to go to complete the Extremist Level, in terms of reading - has been that way for a couple of months - but I might 'redo' a couple of other continents to add further countries or diff authors etc...
It is great to see that so many participants move on to new levels!
It has ended up being a REAL challenge Dorte
Hi, I've just managed to finish the Easy Level - since I only started in August, I think that's quite an achievement!
I thought that I would ace this challenge, but turns out I came up short. Here's hoping for a better outcome in 2011
beastmomma: great that you came back and signed in :D